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Power pilferage in Bangladesh: a simple and economically affordable solution
(© 2015 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016-03)In Bangladesh, illegal consumption of electricity takes a considerable part of the revenue as a non-technical loss in power distribution system. Unlike technical losses, this has no easy way to be calculated and fixed. ... -
Practice of using gifts as promotional materials for marketing of pharmaceutical products in Bangladesh: a survey conducted on general physicians and representatives from pharmaceutical companies
(© 2011 Stamford Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2011)The present study was undertaken to find out the promotional strategies followed by the pharmaceutical companies, attitudes and responses of physicians towards these promotional activities and influence of using gifts as ... -
A pragmatic approach to the analysis of a combination formulation
The aim of the paper was to formulate a combined oral dosage form of rosuvastatin calcium and amlodipine besylate and to develop and validate an analytical method to be adopted for both routine quality control assay and ... -
Preliminary studies on phytochemicals and cytotoxic activity of methanolic rhizome extract of Hedychium coronarium
(© 2015 Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 2015)The methanolic extract of the rhizome of Hedychium coronarium (Family- Zingiberaceae) was screened for the presence of various phytochemicals by standard procedures and the cytotoxic activity was evaluated by brine ... -
Prevalence and experiences of intimate partner violence against women with disabilities in Bangladesh: results of an explanatory sequential mixed-method study
(© 2014 SAGE Publications Inc., 2014)This study was aimed to estimate the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) in a sample of 226 women with disabilities living in four different districts of Bangladesh. It also explored the physical and psychological ... -
Prevalence of diabetic-hypertensive patients in the current population of Dhaka City
(© 2017, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2017-10-01)Aim: Diabetes and hypertension, which share several common risk factors, are rising at an alarming rate in the population of Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. A cross-sectional study was carried out to visualize the ... -
Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding and associated factors among mothers in rural Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study
(© 2014 BioMed Central Ltd., 2014)Background: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) means that the infant receives only breast milk for the first six months of life after birth. In Bangladesh, the prevalence of EBF remained largely unchanged for nearly two decades ... -
Prevalence of knowledge and use of the female condom in South Africa
(© 2014 © Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014)Male condoms remain a key tool in preventing the spread of HIV and the female condom (FC) holds similar potential. Using data collected through a national cross-sectional population survey that was conducted in 2008, this ... -
The prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity in Bangladeshi adults: data from a national survey
(© 2017 Public Library of Science, 2017-05-05)Background: Over the two last decades Bangladesh, a low-income country, has experienced a rapid demographic and epidemiological transition. The population has increased substantially with rapid urbanization and changing ... -
Prevention and control of tuberculosis in workplaces: how knowledgeable are the workers in Bangladesh?
(© 2015 BioMed Central Ltd., 2015)Background: The National Tuberculosis (TB) Control Programme (NTP) of Bangladesh succeeded in achieving the dual targets of 70 % case detection and 85 % treatment completion as set by the World Health Organization. However, ... -
Progress in procedural justice: tunnelling through the maze
(BRAC University, 2005)Recent developments in the contribution to the literature on procedural justice have opened avenues for exploring the subject and gaining perspective in the field with a view to assessing how the concept of procedural ... -
Propasal of possible OTEC sites in Bangladesh
(© 2014 IEEE Computer Society, 2013)Bangladesh, a new name among the fast developing country, has a huge population of more than 160 Million people and a large demand for electricity. Although Bangladesh is still struggling to provide a stable energy source ... -
Proposal for introduction of ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) to the energy sector of Bangladesh
(© 2013 IEEE Computer Society, 2013)Bangladesh is among the worst victims of the global energy crisis, but it is also in one of the most advantageous positions to make transition towards the renewable energy path. In order to solve the power crisis problem ... -
A proposed supply chain management model for teacher education institutions: a structural equation modeling
(© 2017 ExcelingTech Pub, UK., 2017)The higher education system has been facing major challenges, especially in matching its outcomes to the market (society) needs. These challenges are increasing as the job market becomes more globally competitive. Anchored ... -
Prospect and implementation of telemedicine centers in south Asian countries
(© 2015 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015)In this paper a sensor based Remote Patient Diagnosing Center is implemented and the prospect of telemedicine in south Asian countries are analyzed accordingly. A computer with sensors and interfacing devices are dedicated ... -
Prospects and problems of medical tourism in Bangladesh
(© 2013 Baywood Publishing Co., Inc., 2013)The growing trend of Bangladeshi patients travelling abroad for medical services has led to some soul-searching in policy circles. While other countries of the Southeast Asia region are profiting from medical tourism, ... -
Protection against shigellosis caused by shigella dysenteriae serotype 4 in Guinea pigs using escherichia albertii dm104 as a live vaccine candidate strain
(© 2017 Akadémiai Kiadó, 2017-06)Recently, we reported the induction of protective immunity by environmental Escherichia albertii strain DM104 against Shigella dysenteriae in Guinea pig model. In this study, we assessed three different immunization routes, ... -
Protein folding in HP model on hexagonal lattices with diagonals
(© 2014 BioMed Central Ltd., 2014)Three dimensional structure prediction of a protein from its amino acid sequence, known as protein folding, is one of the most studied computational problem in bioinformatics and computational biology. Since, this is a ... -
Public and private hospitals in Bangladesh: service quality and predictors of hospital choice
(© 2000 Published by Oxford University Press, 2000)This study compares the quality of services provided by public and private hospitals in Bangladesh. The premise of the paper was that the quality of hospital services would be contingent on the incentive structure under ...